The Separation of the North Caucasus from Russia: Is it A Growing Possibility?

The new act of terror committed by suicide bombers in Dagestan on February 14 appears to have been a continuation of a series of attacks across Russia carried out by the North Caucasus armed resistance movement, which over the years has become increasingly capable of striking across the entire country. On the evening of February 14, Valentine’s Day, a suicide bomber trying to get inside a police station in the Dagestani village of Gubden was stopped at a barrier outside the building. Asked by security officers to provide identification documents, the female suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, killing one...